Jane Krakowski
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| Jane Krakowski | |
 Jane Krakowski in 2005. (Photo: Eugene Wei) |
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| Birth name | Jane Krajkowski |
| Born | October 11, 1968 (age 38) Parsippany, New Jersey) |
| Notable roles | Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock |
Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is an American actress, singer and Tony Award winner.
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[edit] Television
In her first major television role, she joined the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1984, playing the role of Theresa Rebecca (T.R.) Kendall, a role she played until the show ended in 1986. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 1987.
In 1997 she landed what would become her biggest role, playing office assistant Elaine Vassal on the television series Ally McBeal for six seasons until 2002. Her role on Ally McBeal earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1999.
In 2006, Krakowski joined the cast of the new NBC sitcom 30 Rock, where she plays Jenna Maroney, a cast member of TGS with Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock's fictional late night sketch show. Krakowski was cast to replace Rachel Dratch, who originally played Jenna in 30 Rock's unaired original pilot episode.
[edit] Film
Krakowski has also appeared in movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Fatal Attraction, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (where she played Betty Rubble), Marci X, Alfie (2004 film), Go (1999 film), and Pretty Persuasion.
[edit] Stage
A trained singer, Krakowski has made numerous appearances on stage. She appeared in the 1989 Broadway musical Grand Hotel as the typist and would-be-film-star Flaemmchen. Her solo number "I Want to go to Hollywood" is included on the original cast recording. At the 2000 American Comedy Awards, Krakowski won rave reviews when she performed a sexually-charged musical tribute and love letter to Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates.
In January of 2002, Windham Hill Records released a Jim Brickman album entitled "Love Songs & Lullabies" featuring Jane as a vocalist for the song "You".
In 2003, she starred in the Broadway revival of Nine for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress. In 2005, she starred as Miss Adelaide alongside Ewan McGregor in the new production of Guys and Dolls[1] in London (Piccadilly Theatre) a role for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Krakowski performed in a January 2007 workshop production and backers' audition for a Broadway musical adaption of the 1980 film, Xanadu, with music from the film's soundtrack and a book by Douglas Carter Beane. Producers of the production in development say that if Krakowski signs on to star as the lead, the show will open at the Helen Hayes Theater in April 2007 with a production budget of $5 million.[1]
| Preceded by Harriet Harris for Thoroughly Modern Millie |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 2003 for Nine |
Succeeded by Anika Noni Rose for Caroline, or Change |
[edit] References
- ^ Riedel, Michael "'Xanadu' to B'Way?", New York Post, January 24, 2007. Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
